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https://twitter.com/anoushasakoui/status/1003673481807106053 9 to 5 is already a movie guys.
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Ugh I never understood that. Yeah a lot of people would ask for a full screen copy and then tell me why they hated letterbox. "It's wastes so much of the drat screen!" smdh
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Jun 4, 2018 17:31
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Wheat Loaf posted:Was that because it was too long to fit on one tape? I had the extended version of the first Lord of the Rings movie on video (despite having the normal movies on dvds) and it all fit on one thing. Why the hell were you buying movies on VHS in 2002?
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Jun 4, 2018 17:37
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Sirotan posted:Why the hell were you buying movies on VHS in 2002? DVD still has a massive sales lead over blu-ray.
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Jun 4, 2018 17:38
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bull3964 posted:You still have those people today that can't stand scope movies on a 16:9 display. Do they say "18:9" in the industry? That's silly.
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Jun 4, 2018 17:48
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Arist posted:I hated letterboxing too as a kid but in my defense I was too young and stupid to know any better. I didn't even realize they cut off parts of the screen, ugh. I'm not a letterbox hater, but in the VHS era, most TVs just weren't that big. Cropping and pan/scan, allowed you to see the picture better than letter boxing.
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Jun 4, 2018 17:53
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/anoushasakoui/status/1003673481807106053 I have no real interest in the show, but I absolutely love Dolly.
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Iron Crowned posted:I'm not a letterbox hater, but in the VHS era, most TVs just weren't that big. Cropping and pan/scan, allowed you to see the picture better than letter boxing. Oh, I forgot we were talking about VHS. Yeah, I can see how that might be better in that situation.
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Jun 4, 2018 18:03
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Lycus posted:Do they say "18:9" in the industry? That's silly. 18:9 is what phone makers are using to market their displays. You do hear it get referred to as 2:1 from content creators. 18:9 gets used because people suck at math and they need to compare it to 16:9.
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Jun 4, 2018 18:03
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A few episodes into Imposters S2 and I really want these storylines to connect, because the trio's storyline is so much better than Maddie's.
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Jun 4, 2018 18:19
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Iron Crowned posted:Are you sure it wasn't the theatrical cut of that LotR movie? I remember at the time there was a lot of buzz about how there would be a lot of extra minutes of movie in the home video release, without comment on it being part of a second release. A lot of people, my family included, ended up buying the theatrical edition of Fellowship of the Ring, expecting the extended edition (which didn't come out for several months). I definitely remember it being on VHS because I got the Two Towers and Return of the King extended editions on dvd, then went back and got Fellowship of the Ring later on because I didn't have it. Sirotan posted:Why the hell were you buying movies on VHS in 2002? I had one of those televisions with a VHS player built in.
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Jun 4, 2018 18:22
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TVs used to be absolutely terrible, it's a miracle the format caught on.
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Jun 4, 2018 18:26
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zoux posted:TVs used to be absolutely terrible, it's a miracle the format caught on. You didn't notice so much how bad it was early on before the human eye developed cone cells in the 1960s.
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Jun 4, 2018 18:30
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zoux posted:TVs used to be absolutely terrible, it's a miracle the format caught on. Nah, not really, having sound and an image was going to beat just having sound every time. It's like wondering why people in the past watched TV when holodecks now exist.
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Jun 4, 2018 18:32
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It's just crazy to me that all of our broadcast standards still revolve around our power frequency when TVs have been DC for over a decade. 60p as a transport stream sucks rear end and it's been made worse now that some network's just halved it for streaming. ATSC should have standardized on 24/48/72 fps and deprecated all of this 30/60 poo poo.
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Jun 4, 2018 18:48
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Wheat Loaf posted:(Casino is better than Goodfellas, by the way.) 
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The first HD TV I ever had: We moved into a place that had a converted one-car garage into a den, so we had a long, narrow room with no windows. We hung a projection screen and bought an Optoma HD projector. So I went from a lifetime of, at best, a 36'' CRT (or that one friend you knew who had a rear projected "big screen" TV) to a widescreen, high def image six feet across was stunning. Of course, this was before everything was broadcast in HD so SD looked like absolute poo poo on it zoux fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Jun 4, 2018 |
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Jun 4, 2018 19:04
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bull3964 posted:DVD still has a massive sales lead over blu-ray. When I was putting my PC together a couple of years ago blu-ray drives cost a few hundred bucks (looks like it's dropped now), and a DVD drive was ten. That's why I didn't upgrade to it.
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Jun 4, 2018 19:54
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Jun 4, 2018 19:56
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Due to y'alls discussions I've decided to watch the overrated Americans. I'm a few episodes in, should I just skip season 5 from what you all were saying?
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Jun 4, 2018 20:01
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Please don't listen to the people itt w/r/t the Americans. e: except me
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Croatoan posted:Due to y'alls discussions I've decided to watch the overrated Americans. I'm a few episodes in, should I just skip season 5 from what you all were saying? Yes.
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Jun 4, 2018 20:03
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Croatoan posted:Due to y'alls discussions I've decided to watch the overrated Americans. I'm a few episodes in, should I just skip season 5 from what you all were saying? Don’t skip anything of The Americans. I accidentally missed an episode in s1 and was utterly confused by 10 minutes into the next. Season 5 is slow, doesn’t mean you should/could skip it.
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Jun 4, 2018 20:04
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Croatoan posted:Due to y'alls discussions I've decided to watch the overrated Americans. I'm a few episodes in, should I just skip season 5 from what you all were saying? Do not skip season 5. It was slow and I get why people hated it watching weekly, but as a binge it's fine. It's the calm before the storm. e: season 5 is in fact very good, also, i feel like i should point this out.
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Jun 4, 2018 20:05
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I'm still primarily a DVD purchaser because they're much cheaper most of the time and I don't care much about bonuses. I'll spring for a Blu Ray if it's a big blockbuster and just a few bucks more. And now adays the prices seem to be getting so the "multiformat" copy is actually the cheapest option on new releases. But there's still tons of cheap older DVDs I grab. Like I love digging through bins and adding to my library for a few bucks. Edit: TVIV goons have an established tendency to lose interest in shows as they go on and turn on shows they once loved and that are still popular. I'm not saying that as an insult or to dismiss them. But when you read reviews you should always know what the tastes, biases, and patterns of the reviewer are so you can know how to read subjective criticism and praise. STAC Goat fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Jun 4, 2018 |
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Jun 4, 2018 20:05
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Bruceski posted:When I was putting my PC together a couple of years ago blu-ray drives cost a few hundred bucks (looks like it's dropped now), and a DVD drive was ten. That's why I didn't upgrade to it. My PS3 and now PS4 are great because they’re blu-ray players I can also do all my streaming on. I got the PS3 new for 110 dollars with a huge coupon in 2011, and the PS4 was like 190 used. Though I also wonder if the whole thing where a lot of blu-rays have a DVD version packaged with them effects the numbers any.
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Jun 4, 2018 20:20
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I haven't bought physical media in like 10 years. I have tons of old DVDs and some blu-rays but really man, gently caress having huge cabinets with your library in it. I was an early media server adopter and don't see ever going back.STAC Goat posted:Edit: TVIV goons have an established tendency to lose interest in shows as they go on and turn on shows they once loved and that are still popular. I'm not saying that as an insult or to dismiss them. But when you read reviews you should always know what the tastes, biases, and patterns of the reviewer are so you can know how to read subjective criticism and praise.
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Jun 4, 2018 20:21
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Croatoan posted:Due to y'alls discussions I've decided to watch the overrated Americans. I'm a few episodes in, should I just skip season 5 from what you all were saying? I would strongly recommend you watch the extremely good The Americans on FX, not the overrated Americans which is, I guess, actual Americans?
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Jun 4, 2018 20:25
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The Americans is both overrated and good It's absolutely worth watching but I don't really think it's the ~revolution in TV~ it's hyped as, just a pretty drat good spy show
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Jun 4, 2018 20:43
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I'm really into spy shows so the only stuff I have is Americans and Homeland. Make more spy shows.
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I used to be all about buying shows and movies that I liked but then streaming became a thing and I only buy the occasional complete collection or a movie I have a lot of affection for. I'm actually in the process or culling my dvds, if I haven't watched it in a few years I'm not going to watch it again. Do I really need seasons 1-3 of Arrested Development on DVD when it's all on Netflix and I haven't opened the case since 2010?
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Jun 4, 2018 21:09
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The only discs I buy now are gorgeous 4k discs that look amazing on my OLED.
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Jun 4, 2018 21:12
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Mu Zeta posted:I'm really into spy shows so the only stuff I have is Americans and Homeland. Make more spy shows. Counterpart.
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Jun 4, 2018 21:15
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Burn Notice.
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I've largelly abandoned buying tv shows but I still like having favorite movies available if I'm in the mood and they're not on a streaming service. And if I can buy a movies for $5 or rent it for $4 I usually buy. Or if I can get one of those four movie sets where there's one movie I love and a couple I wouldn't mind seeing for a couple of bucks. I'm also a little bit of a collector/hoarder nerd and while I've largelly shaken that habit DVDs remain the lingering vice. At least it's been years since I bought a CD.
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Jun 4, 2018 21:16
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I'd laugh at all the people buying physical TV media in TYOOL 2018 but I have a giant physical video games collection that keeps growing by a few titles each month
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Jun 4, 2018 21:34
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Backing up to VHS chat, we had an enormous VHS collection as a kid. My dad bought the first VCR he could get his hands on and we were taping EVERYTHING as well as buying films left and right. Well 13 year old Rhyno discovered you could tape over a lovely film if you covered that square so he had a pretty impressive collection of Skinemax porn hidden on the lovely, unwatched films that littered the basement.
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Rarity posted:I'd laugh at all the people buying physical TV media in TYOOL 2018 but I have a giant physical video games collection that keeps growing by a few titles each month  except I have zero qualms about buying movies or TV shows. I don't buy as much as I used to, and I buy physical games way more often. But I like having that poo poo on my shelf and it's p much the only useless thing I spend money on other than weed and cigarettes, soi'd rather collect DVDs/BDs than anime figurines or funko pops or some poo poo lmao e: ^^ we had a crazy VHS collection as kids, too. My dad had two VCRs set up and he'd bootleg everything we rented. It was great. His cataloguing of all the tapes was insane. convenient af to throw in one tape and watch all Indiana Jones or Star Wars or Godfathers, though that last one had to take up two tapes for all three movies.
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The only reason I would buy a TV show on physical media in tyool 2018 is for extras and I feel like they stopped doing those once streaming became the dominant way to watch.
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I bought Legion season 1 and don't regret it because drat that is a cool hologram cover. Orphan Black (season 1) and Lost (whole thing) have been good to loan around to streaming-challenged friends. It also took me about 15 years to get dvd season 3 of Upright Citizens Brigade to complete my set of the series. Last time I watched that show was before Amy Poehler was on SNL let alone Parks and Rec so I look forward to watching it again soon. Curious to see how it holds up (or doesn't).
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